The multidisciplinary social sciences (MULTI) area of emphasis is designed for doctoral students who want a broad introduction to analytic perspectives from economics, sociology and political science, along with statistics and econometrics. In addition to the core coursework, students are required to take a second course in economics and sociology or organization theory, a course in American politics, and a third course in either economics or sociology/organizations, depending on their choice of preliminary written examination.
| Multidisciplinary Social Sciences |
| Required Core Policy Course |
| PUBH 8801 - Health Services Policy Analysis: Theory (3) (Fall) |
| Area of Emphasis Required Coursework |
| POL 8301 - American Politics (3) (Fall/Spring offered when feasible) |
| EITHER: PUBH 8820 - Health Economics I (3) (Spring) |
| OR: APEC 5151 - Applied Microeconomics: Firm and Household (3) (Fall) |
| Choose one additional theory course-to be decided with your advisor |
|
Sample options:
|
| PubH 6861 - Health Insurance (2) (Spring) |
| PubH 6862 - Cost Effectiveness Analysis in Health Care (3) (Spring-not offered Spring 2008) |
| PubH 8821 - Health Economics II (3) (Spring) |
| APEC 8203 - Applied Welfare Economics and Policy (3) (Spring) |
Supporting Program
Student chooses a minimum of 12 credits for the supporting program with the approval of the MULTI faculty. It also has to be submitted to the Graduate Faculty for approval. |
Total Core Credits: 50-52
(includes core and Area of Emphasis |
|
Prelim Exams: Methods and a choice of either the in-house econ exam, which is a 5 hour classroom format, or the sociology exam, which is in the format of a written paper.
|
|
MULTI Faculty: Bryan Dowd, lead member, and all other Graduate Faculty in the Division of HPM
|
|
RETURN to PhD Curriculum
|
Last modified on Tuesday Sep 19, 2006